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Calendar updates due to snow day closures

This winter has been historic in the fact that Caldwell School District #132 has declared a total of seven (7) school closure days during the months of December and January.

The District Administrative Team had the opportunity to meet with the Caldwell Education Association (CEA) Leadership Team to discuss the necessity of recovering lost instructional time due to the school closures. After our initial meeting, the CEA conducted a survey of their membership to receive feedback from teachers. Teachers requested that the District focus on identifying days when student learning would be positively impacted. As a District Leadership Team, we believed it was also important to identify days that would not adversely affect student attendance.

With this information, the following recommendation to adjust the instructional calendar is as follows:

*March 1 –Caldwell High School previously scheduled as “Late Start” will now be regular school hours

March 15 – Regular school hours

March 16 – End of Third Quarter/regular school hours

March 17 – Professional Development Day

April 19 – Regular school hours

April 28 – Regular school hours

*Effects Caldwell High School only. All other schools were already scheduled for regular school hours.

As Superintendent, I would ask the Caldwell School District #132 Board of Trustees to accept this recommendation to adjust our school calendar as noted by the listed dates. This will ensure our students meet the minutes of instructional time required by the Idaho State Board of Education.